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Viva Success

Andrew Monk successfully defended his thesis on Tuesday 23rd October. Andrew's research was on quantum groups and the Baum-Connes Conjecture. He was supervised by Christian Voigt.

Marnie McLean successfully defended her thesis on Thursday 23rd November. Marnie's research was on optimal spatio-temporal modelling and monitoring of groundwater. She was supervised by Ludger Evers and Adrian Bowman.

Ashwini Venkatasubramaniam successfully defended her thesis on Wednesday 28th November. Ashwini's research was on nonparametric clustering for spatio-temporal data. She was supervised by Konstantinos Ampountolas, Ludger Evers, Vonu Thakuriah and Jinhyun Hong.

Umberto Noè successfully defended his thesis on Tuesday 4th December. Umberto's research was on bayesian non-­parametric inference in mechanistic models of complex biological systems. He was supervised by Dirk Husmeier.

Craig Alexander successfully defended his thesis on Thursday 6th December. Craig's research was on recovering the dynamics of talk: tracking temporal dependence in multilevel models for speech . He was supervised by Ludger Evers and Tereza Neocleous.

Postgraduate student elected as the PG Science and Engineering Convenor in the SRC Elections

Congratulations to one of our postgraduate students, Jamie Quinn, who has been elected as the PG Science and Engineering Convenor in the SRC Elections.

Jamie said: "Very excited to be part of the SRC, representing the many PGT and PGR students in the college! If you see me around say hi!"

The Fourth Annual UofG-UESTC Global Student Leadership Forum

Jamie also recently travelled to China, representing postgraduate science students at the Fourth UofG-UESTC Global Student Leadership Forum. Jamie said of the event:

"My recent trip to China was mind-blowing; the food, the people, and the vibrant discussions we had, were all amazing. The leadership forum I attended in Chengdu was a chance for students from all over China, and beyond, to come together and discuss what it really means to be a youth leader in today's ever-global world. A truly inspiring experience."

College photography competition success

Jamie had further success this month in the College of Science & Engineering photography competition. The competition was open to everyone in the College carrying out any kind of research and the aim of the competition was to find a range of excellent photographs that showcase the research of the College. Winners were chosen by the College Research Committee and all entries were judged blind.

The winners, an overall and one from each School, will have their photographs made in to posters and displayed around the College. Jamie was the winner from our School – congratulations Jamie! The caption and winning image are below and Jamie gave a little insight into the origin of the photograph:

"The picture was actually taken from a wee rib boat in the North Sea near Findhorn. The main point of the trip was to spot dolphins, but I ended up spotting some interesting maths instead!"

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First published: 18 December 2018